The 10 Track Mixtape Thread (Song Lists Without Links Will Be Deleted)

[right-track]

Here's your chance to compile a playlist of 10 tracks that mean something to you.
Old/new/any genre...it doesn't even matter if you think most here have heard them before.
What matters, is that you list the tracks in your post along with the link and a little write up to explain your choices.

Just throw 10 tracks together and post them here.

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1. Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me.
A Northern Soul favourite and a tune that carries a personal message and a few bad memories.
Gene Chandler means every word of this song, sang with real soul.

2. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Another track that takes me back to a certain youth club...which involves hanging around and acting cool.

3.Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
Another Northern Soul standard and a storming floorshaker of a tune.
Turn the volume up to 11 for this one.

4.Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
I love this band and this is my favourite 'Heads' track by far. Taken from the 'Stop Making Sense' live album. Easily the best version.

5. Don Thomas - Come on Train
Easy to see where Kevin Rowland from Dexy's Midnight Runners got his singing style from. An old N.S favourite and one I never tire of hearing, addictive from the start.

6. The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
Poetic.

7. Space Monkeys - March Of The Scarecrows.
A legendary Manchester band in the mould of the Stone Roses.
Only produced one album, 'The Daddy Of Them All' before falling victim to Tony Wilsons Factory Records going arse up.
Years before their time.
Singalong with a Manc sneer and two fingers up to the world. Epic.

8. Our Love Is In The Pocket - JJBarnes.
Rare soul track from JJ Barnes. Great voice complete with girly backing vocals.
The magic lies with the lyrics.

9. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I said recently elsewhere on these boards that this record gave me hope for music following the demise of punk (at the time, this is how it was perceived)
One of my favourite ever tracks.

10. Joy Division - Transmission
This one song epitomises what Ian Curtis was all about.
His epileptic state while performing this song, will live with me forever.

[sleepy jack]

I'm downloading yours right now, i'll put it on tomorrow probably cause I don't think ill be able to finish it tonight.

I didn't do these in any specific order, though I tried to make it so if you listen in order they all flow together nicely.

1. Ben Folds "Late"
Slow piano driven song, it basically sums up my feelings about Elliott.

2. Elliott Smith "Dancing On The Highway"
The lyrics are amazing and so is his voice on this.

3. Bright Eyes "Entry Way Song"
Beautiful acoustic song, probably my favorite lyrics ever. It completely describes my feelings towards my best friendishpratically.

4. Owen "Put Your Hands On Me, My Love"
Also an acoustic song <.< it expresses gratitude that I have trouble expressing towards certain figures in my life.

5. Vashti Bunyan "Love Song"
I just heard this song tonight and was blown away. I liked her voice when I first heard it but in combination with these lyrics its even more amazing.

6. Sunny Day Real Estate "Rain Song"
This song got me into Sunny Day which got me into post-emo which (with the help of A_Perfect_Sonnet) got me into real emo.

7. Bright Eyes "Bowl Of Oranges"
This and Lover I Dont Have To Love were the first Bright Eyes songs I fell in love with, this one I like better now though.

8. Elliott Smith "Angeles"
This and twilight were the first Elliott songs I fell in love with, I put this one on now because it holds more personal meaning.

9. Neutral Milk Hotel "Two-Headed Boy Part II"
A lot of these verses blow me away, and in a more metaphorical sense are easy to relate to. Jeff is amazing.

10. Patrick Wolf "Teignmouth"
This, Brand New Colony and Tereza and Tomas me alot to me, and give me this I want to run away feeling that I get with my bestfriendishpraticallywishwasmygirlfriend I mentioned in Entry Way Song.

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[Olsonic]

1. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven The first Tape i ever got. I got a yellow walkman for christmas, and Eric's unplugged tape. Repeat central for months.. great music. I started to associate music to feelings when i heard about the story behind this song.

2. 2Pac - Changes
Growing up, music was in the backseat to sports. But I remember exactly where I was when I heard changes for the first time on my friends winamp (back in the day when when mp3s were e-mailed via Bot in an AOL chatroom lol) I was floored. It was the first time I got the chills, as I am accustumed to feeling since then when I hear a "gem".. I was a virgin music fiend until then

3. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing outside a Broken phone booth with money in my hand Right about the time I heard changes, I immediately learned how to make mp3's from CDs. I went to the library and grabbed anything that looked interesting.. and I found this gem that was on repeat for a few weeks

4. Nirvana - All Apologies
Another song I found at the public library.

5. U2 - Where the Streets have no name
This song was the audio to hockey tapes I used to worship growing up.

6. Eminem - The Way I am
This album made me a different musician. The combination of lyrics and beat made think deeper about what I was listening to. Although my interest in Eminem has faded, this song was important to me.

7. Platoon - Adagio for Strings
I don't know the name of the infinite classical pieces I listened to growing up, but this one as stuck with me. Beautiful.

8. Billy Joel - Piano Man
high school friends for life getting ****faced and singing this song.


9. Royksopp - What else is there (Thin white duke remix)
o.k. im jumping ahead because I only have two more selections.. This is College for me.. this semester.. party central. senior year.. beers, drugs, girls..

10. The Killers - Read My Mind (Pet shop boyz remix)
The song that is getting me through the boring times lately...

These songs are not my favorite of all time, but are important songs to me.. which is the point of this thread, right?

[right-track]

Originally Posted by Olsonic

These songs are not my favorite of all time, but are important songs to me.. which is the point of this thread, right?

That's the idea mate, but an upload link of your choices would be perfect.
There's one or two on that list of yours I wouldn't mind hearing.

Crowquill...upping yours now and I'll give them a spin later and post back on what I thought. Most of those on your list I can easily say I've never heard before, so it should make for an interesting listen.

[sleepy jack]

1. Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me.
I agree he means every word about it, however this isn't my thing.

2. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
That intro sounds really familiar, I wish the vocals would differ more through out the whole track though. Its good though but not my thing.

3.Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
I prefer Nothing Can Stop Me over this, its okay but not my thing.

4.Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Reminds me of Rock The Casbah, I like this one but I don't listen to this sort of thing much anymore.

5. Don Thomas - Come on Train
Yeah not my thing <.<

6. The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
"And I don’t care about morals cause the world’s insane and we’re all to blame anyway"<333 its good, probably my favorite so far.

7. Space Monkeys - March Of The Scarecrows.
Second favorite so far, its all dancey and shit.

8. Our Love Is In The Pocket - JJBarnes.
Yeahhnot my thing again.

9. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.
This is the first time i've heard a high quality full version, holy shit its good.

10. Joy Division - Transmission
There bassist really stands out, I noticed that in Love Will Tear Us Apart, in a good way though. I don't like it as much as love will tear us apart though.

[Sparky]

1 John Lennon-Steel and Glassproved to me John Lennon could kick some ass

2. David Bowie-Im Afraid of Americansfrom a live concert dvd my pop lent me, got me into bowie

3Dinosaur Jr-KrackedI cant really explain, just got played a lot at while goofin at a mates house

4Fugazi-Target Got me into more hardcore and emo

5 Nick Cave- Red Right Handi always end up listning to this while walking home at midnight, by the creek, scares the **** outta me

6 Nirvana-Sliver i never enjoyed grandmas =/

7 Biggie-Kick in the Doormade me(and still does) be gangster

8 Patrick Wolf- Accident & Emergencyjust like it is all

9 Patti Smith-Landalso thanks to pop, patti smith pwns

10 Public Enemy-By the Time i get to Arizona Chuck D is my fave

and one more

11 Talking Heads- Airlistened to it on the bus ride to school every morn, cheerd me up


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[dog]

Originally Posted by matious

1 John Lennon-Steel and Glassproved to me John Lennon could kick some ass

yea that song 'how do you sleep' redone, only this time about himself and not paul. the violins and trumpets in the background are directly from 'how do you sleep'. apparently john said when he wrote the song he wasn't thinking of himself, he realised it was about him when reading it over. lines like "your mother left you, when you were small, but you're gonna wish you wasn't born at aaaaaaaaall" great stuff.

[Molecules]

This is a brilliant idea for a thread... Let's get people back on this!
Here is my 10 track offering<<<



1. She Says Good Morning - The Pretty Things
From 'S.F. Sorrow', as a psychedelic listening experience this album is nearly unrivaled. Used to listen to this and be bitter.

2. That Man - The Fall
Used to listen to this and be bitter.

3. Cuttin' Headz - Ol' Dirty Bastard/RZA
From one of my favourite hip-hop albums, this track just epitomizes the genius of RZA's production, there was nothing like this before. It sounds like it was recorded on a four track with a sparse beat and a dusty piano sample.

4. I Can See You - Black Flag
I read Henry Rollins' Black Flag tour diaries ('Get in the Van') and some of his compendiums and I have just related to him at various points in my life. Still a massively under-appreciated band I think, and 'In My Head', their last album, just marks the end of their progression as post-hardcore luminaries. This track makes me feel like a plaid-wearing teen in a D.C. suburb. Or something...

5. Kyrie Eleison - The Electric Prunes
From the Prunes' sophomore effort, you may be able to tell by now that I am a psychedelia aficionado... but this really is amazing. Their second album was basically psych-reworkings of old hymns and Gregorian chants. Also known as 'that track off Easy Rider'.

6. Miss Know It All - Scientist
Scientist learned production and dub from the originator, King Tubby. This track reminds me of when I first got some decent speakers a couple of years ago and would have the Trojan dub compilations on repeat pretty much all the time. Big up the soundsystem man dem...

7. The Killing - the Ragga Twins
I can't remember who turned me onto the Ragga Twins' turn-of-the-last-decade electro/ragga/house LP classic, but it's one of my most cherished.

8. Rhythm and Gash - Tempa T
Grime music pulled me out of the abyss about a year ago. Listening to the pirate radio stations, buying the cheap-as-chips mixtapes and learning the lingo... this was music with unbridled anger and funnily enough, alot of positivity. And it's OURS... grime owes alot more to UK garage/ragga/dancehall than hip-hop and it's just ****ing street level and I love it.

9. Love and Pride - King
This sounds alot like the Associates, who were a much better New Wave act, but this clinical, 80's pop nugget was something I used to hear all the time.

10. Rudolf - Peyr (pronounced Theyr)
Can't remember how I discovered this band, they were and Icelandic post-punk/new wave act operating in the early 80's. The tracks I have heard of this album, sung in English, are on fire but it's long since out of print. This track is an objective look at yer average German citizen in 1935.

[cardboard adolescent]

1. She Says Good Morning - The Pretty Things
ehh reminds me too much of sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band

2. That Man - The Fall
mmm the fall

3. Cuttin' Headz - Ol' Dirty Bastard/RZA
makes me want to put on gza

4. I Can See You - Black Flag
mmm late black flag. gotta love that guitar playing

5. Kyrie Eleison - The Electric Prunes
never really got into the electric prunes

6. Miss Know It All - Scientist
phat

7. The Killing - the Ragga Twins
so wait... heroin is bad?

8. Rhythm and Gash - Tempa T
brilliant juxtaposition

9. Love and Pride - King
very catchy and fun

10. Rudolf - Peyr (pronounced Theyr)
interesting track, kind of reminds me of killing joke
i really like that guitar motif too

[Molecules]

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

7. The Killing - the Ragga Twins
so wait... heroin is bad?